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What's the story with . . . Computer games?

Humans can still beat computers at poker . . . just. But when the chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov was beaten by Deep Blue, an IBM computer, it marked a subtle milestone in our relationship with the machine.

IT is now more than a decade since Deep Blue sank its silicon-edged teeth into the throat of the human race's greatest chess champion.